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Hype Machine’s yearly Music Blog Zeitgeist has published its full list of the 50 most blogged about artists of 2013, with English electronic duo Disclosure nabbing top spot. Sydney favourites Jagwar Ma also managed to crack the top ten and ARIA-collecting Flume came in at 21. The annual list counts down the top 50 artists

Tasmania’s festival circuit is well and truly thriving, with Breath Of Life returning for its third year in 2014, today dropping its massive first lineup announcement starring rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, electro heroes Empire Of The Sun and hip hop legends Public Enemy. The Launceston festival favourite is set to take place over

The Australian princes of EDM, Empire Of The Sun are back with more visually pleasing delights, this time centered around their latest single DNA. The track made its way onto the pair’s current album Ice On The Dune and follows on from lead single Alive. The video, which is apparently better than any Daft Punk

Electro pop kings Empire Of The Sun have decided to add a bit of kick to your weekend, revealing not only a release date for their new single DNA, but also a remix bundle from artists like Calvin Harris, Alex Metric and Brodinski, as well as a five-track video EP, Live At The Sydney Opera

Never one to mind blowing his own trumpet, Empire Of The Sun‘s Luke Steele has hit out at Daft Punk, claiming his outfit’s latest record Ice On The Dune will be around longer than the French duo’s latest offering, Random Access Memories, because the songs are superior. Steele told NME that the Get Lucky superstars

If you missed out on tickets to this year’s Splendour In The Grass, don’t fret. Virgin Mobile are streaming The Best Of The Fest, highlights from this year’s SITG festival for your viewing and listening pleasure. Catch only the best of the best acts of this year’s festival including Empire of the Sun, Birds of

“Sagittarius. Memory. Psychedelia.” These are the words that Empire of the Sun frontman Luke Steele would use to sum up their new album Ice on the Dune. With five years between their two releases, Luke says Empire weren’t worried about the so-called ‘sophomore slump’. “We kind of did everything the same but we did it

As if the news of a Dumb & Dumber sequel wasn’t already overwhelming enough, the creative pair behind the franchise, the Farrelly Brothers have taken to Twitter to announce that, out of all the artists in the world, Empire Of The Sun have been selected to compose the original soundtrack for the film. There has

The cover art for Ice On The Dune still looks like a poster for one of those excellent Star Wars prequels, so Empire Of The Sun certainly haven’t lost their sense of grandeur. The trouble with the band, though, has always been that their grandeur doesn’t manifest itself in harmless delusions that result in avant-garde

Empire of the Sun are set to drop their second album, Ice On The Dune, in just two weeks’ time but, gracious as the Emperor is, the band are streaming a live performance from the Sydney Opera House via YouTube as part of Vivid Sydney tonight, previewing tracks from the album, and you can watch

I know what you’re thinking, their second album hasn’t even come out yet, but this hasn’t discouraged Empire Of The Sun from putting the initial touches on the third full-length release. The news came during an interview for SPA with the studio-dwelling Nick Littlemore who explained the record is already taking shape. Though he doesn’t

Currently one of our most happening EDM exports, Empire Of The Sun are gearing up for the release of their latest album Ice On The Dune and by the looks of things, having a spectacular time performing the new tracks live. Recently, the band busted out one of their new gems Alive at Dallas’ House

It’s no $40 billion lawsuit but Nick Littlemore, one half of Empire Of The Sun, initially wouldn’t tour behind the band’s last album, Walking On A Dream, due to money issues. At least, that’s the word from bandmate Luke Steele. During a recent interview, Steele told Pedestrian that he was flabbergasted when Littlemore said he

It’s no secret that Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns and Empire Of The Sun’s main man Luke Steele are bros, but we’ve now learnt that the two are working their relationship towards the ultimate bromance – releasing an album together. In a recent interview with Pedestrian, Steele has spilled the beans, painting a picture of a

Alive, the first single lifted from Empire of the Sun’s second album Ice On The Dune has just come of age with the premiere of the track’s music video. The clip sees Nick Littlemore and Luke Steele in their usual casual, outdoorsy EOTS attire singing atop mountains and deep in the forest, as you do.

Australian dance-pop shamans Empire Of The Sun have just released Alive, the first taste of their upcoming album Ice On The Dune. Debuted this afternoon on triple j, the track should be embraced by fans that up until now have only been teased by a series of puzzles, enigmatic trailers and cryptic clues. The new

Back for its sophomore year, the Jay-Z-curated, Budweiser-endorsed Made In America festival has begun to reveal the line-up for its 2013 return. As you will see, the event is bringing some of the most buzzworthy artists in the world to the stage, because no-one in their right mind would ignore a phone call from Hov

After an album teaser campaign that can only be rivalled by Daft Punk, Australian electronic duo Empire Of The Sun have finally confirmed that the first single off upcoming sophomore album Ice On The Dune, titled Alive, will be out next Tuesday, 16th April, also revealing that the album itself will be released Friday, 14th

Empire Of The Sun have dropped the latest clue in the elaborate campaign to promote their upcoming album, Ice On The Dune, by publishing a new set of hieroglyphics for fans to decode at Spanish-language site Sopitas. The electronic duo have now released 3 sets of clues over 3 different media outlets in 3 countries

Empire Of The Sun’s elaborate promotion for their second album, Ice On The Dune, has continued via NME. The latest mystery has been decoded to reveal 4 moving images depicting ‘The Hawk’s Everlasting Loop’. What does that mean? Head over to Empire Of The Sun’s official site to find out. The whole saga began earlier